Case for pencils and the like.



E. PABER.

CASE FOR PENOILS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION IILIBD MAY 23, 1912.

1,097,585, Patented May19,191 L WITNESS INVENTOR ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE,

EBERHARD FABER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,

ASSIG'NOR T0 EBER'HABD FAIBER PENCIL COMPANY, OF BROOmYN, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

CASE FOR JE'ENOIL'S AND THE LIKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 28, 1912.

To all whom itmcy concern Be it known that T, EBERHARD Fauna, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York, in. the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cases for Pencils and the like, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheap, compact, durable and convenient case for the purpose described, which when closed, will securely hold the inclosed pencils, pens, etc., and which when open will permit such pencils, pens, etc, to be readily inspected and a selected one readily removed without the necessity of withdrawing the same from pockets, loops or other retaining means. To this end I have devised a case of great simplicity and consequent cheapness of manufacture, comprising preferably but three pieces, two or all of which may, if desired, be made of scrap leather or similar material, which pieces may be quickly and cheaply assembled, it being necessary merely to stitch two of said pieces to the third, the latter having preferably been previously given a definite bend or set as hereinafter described.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of the case in open position, Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the case closed, Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 3-3, Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is an end view, on reduced scale, showing the case in open position.

The case, formed preferably of leather or other suitable flexible material, comprises primarily the body A, bent at an ai'igle along the lines a and a, such body preferably having a definite set as so bent so that normally, when the central portion a of the body is lying flat, both sides a", a of such body will incline upward and outward therefrom. Thus the pencils, pens, etc, B will, in effect, lie at the bottom of a troughshaped receptacle from which they may not easily be displaced.

As will be seen (Fig. 1) the contents of the case, when the latter is open, may be fully inspected, no portion thereof being covered as, for example, by flaps, pockets, retaining loops, etc. Moreover, any one penoil or pen may be readily taken out without the necessity of first freeing it from retaining means of any character.

The body A is provided with two endpieces C C, also preferably of leather or other suitable flexible material. These are secured in the position illustrated preferably by a simple line of stitching c for each piece, the same securing such piece to the body A. Normally, and when the case is open, the end pieces G assume such a position as to practically uncover the contents of the case. When the case is closed, however, they collapse toward each other, there by preventing accidental displacement of such contents. In the former condition, 1'. 0. when the case is open, the pens, pen cils, etc, in effect lie at the bottom of a trough-shaped receptacle, both ends of which are closed.

In closing the case, advantage is taken of the bends in the body along the lines a a, the portion a being folded over upon the contents of the case and the portion (i upon the portion a, as clearly shown in F 3. Preferably said portions c, a will be provided with husk-fasteners c a or other suitable clasp, of cheap and simple construction and readily operated to secure the portion a in closed position overlapping the portion a As will be at once seen, the case as here described is extremely simple, comprises but few parts and may therefore be most cheaply produced. It is convenient and eiiicient in that special retaining means for the pencils, pens, etc, are dispensed with yet the contents of the case are guarded adequately against injury to pencil or penpoints as well as against accidental displacement and loss. On opening the case to display the contents, such contents are still, by reason of the trough-shaped construction, prevented from accidental displacement but, at the same time, the whole of such contents may be readily inspected and selection made and the pen or pencil selected removed without withdrawing the same from retaining bands or loops.

What I claim is A case for pencils, pens and the like comprising but three essential pieces of material, to wit, a flexible body having an angular set resulting in inclining the edges thereof relatively to the central portion thereof and two flexible end pieces unat tached between their edges but secured at such edges and along their bottom edges to said body and adapted to collapse toward each other when said-edges are folded one upon the other, and, when so collapsed, to lie, throughout a substantial portion thereof, parallel with the central portion of said body, such central portion forming the bot- 10 tom of said caseand one end of said body portion, when the case is collapsed, forming the cover of said case, substantially as described.

This specification signed and witnessed this 25th day of May, 1912.

EBERHARD FABER.

Witnesses:

J. MILTON VAN ALsER, HARRY D. SHIPMAN.

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